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DOI 10.1016/S0045-6535(97)00096-9
Title (Primary) Immission patterns of airborne pollutants in Argentina and Germany. II. Biomonitoring of organochlorine compounds and polycyclic aromatics
Author Wenzel, K.-D.; Weißflog, L.; Paladini, E.; Gantuz, M.; Guerreiro, P.; Puliafito, C.; Schüürmann, G.
Source Titel Chemosphere
Year 1997
Department OEC; COE
Volume 34
Issue 12
Page From 2505
Page To 2518
Language englisch
Abstract

The air pollution profiles of organic xenobiotics (including chlorinated insecticides and benzenes, PCBs and PAHs) were comparatively analyzed in the climatically different regions of Leipzig-Halle (Germany) and Greater Mendoza (Argentina) using two-year-old pine needles (Pinus sylvestris L.) as passive biomonitors. In addition to total compound contents, the levels of potentially bioavailable fraction in the inner needle compartment were determined. The peak levels of chlorinated insecticides and PAHs in an urban park in Mendoza were found to exceed the maximum levels in the Leipzig-Halle region by one to two orders of magnitude, indicating the recent substantial tropospheric input of the compounds from local sources. Bioavailable fractions were observed to exhibit considerable variations for some of these compounds, which became even more distinct when needle samples from Germany and Argentina were compared. Generally speaking, an increase in permeability under semiarid climatic conditions was observed for most of the xenobiotics examined. The discussion of the results reflects the problems associated with using biomonitoring for semivolatile compounds. Interpretation takes into account pollution measurements in the air at Argentine and German reference sites.

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Wenzel, K.-D., Weißflog, L., Paladini, E., Gantuz, M., Guerreiro, P., Puliafito, C., Schüürmann, G. (1997):
Immission patterns of airborne pollutants in Argentina and Germany. II. Biomonitoring of organochlorine compounds and polycyclic aromatics
Chemosphere 34 (12), 2505 - 2518 10.1016/S0045-6535(97)00096-9